irregular
irregular is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an irregular figure; an irregular verse; an irregular physician; an irregular proceeding; irregular motion; irregular conduct, etc. Cf. Regular. Mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem. Milton. Leading the men of Herefordshire to fight Against the irregular and wild Glendower. Shak. A flowery meadow through which a clear stream murmured in many irregular meanders. Jones.
- 2.One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- abnormal
- anomalous
- changeable
- crooked
- desultory
- devious
- disorderly
- eccentric
- erratic
- immethodical
- immoderate
- inordinate
- intemperate
- mutable
- uneven
- unnatural
- unsettled
- unsystematic
- variable
- vicious
- wild
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accord
- accordance
- agreement
- all
- always
- and
- assimilate
- assorted
- assortment
- become
- capricious
- clockwork
- conform
- conformably
- conformity
- connatural
- connaturality
- connaturalness
- consistency
- consistent
- consonance
- constancy
- description
- desultory
- different
- discordant
- dissimilar
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- divarication
- divergence
- divers
- diverse
- diversified
- diversity
- dress
- epicene
- even
- every
- everywhere
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is irregular.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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